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>>president obama will try to persuade voters through t-v interviews today. the president will do ten interviews, which will air in seven battleground states. he'll also try to attract younger voters during an appearance on m-t-v. yesterday, the president stopped in chicago to vote at a polling place in his old kenwood neighborhood. he became the first sitting president to vote early. >>mitt romney will deliver a major speech on the economy in iowa tonight. iowa will be an important path to the white house. offering six electoral votes. romney claims his economic plan will create 12 million jobs and will increase take-home pay. a new associated press poll shows likely voters trust him more than president obama when it comes to the economy. the poll gives romney 51 percent support while mister obama has 44 percent. a new wgn-chicago tribune poll suggests, democrat tammy duckworth has pulled out to a ten-point lead, in her bid to unseat republican congressman joe walsh. 600 likely voters were surveyed in the eighth district. duckworth currently has 50 percent t
>>president obama will try to persuade voters through t-v interviews today. the president will do ten interviews, which will air in seven battleground states. he'll also try to attract younger voters during an appearance on m-t-v. yesterday, the president stopped in chicago to vote at a polling place in his old kenwood neighborhood. he became the first sitting president to vote early. >>mitt romney will deliver a major speech on the economy in iowa tonight. iowa will be an important...
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>>president obama may have been upstaged at a campaign stop in florida. this pictures shows him posing with a group of school children on tuesday. but take a closer look behind the president. in the top row one boy decides to make his move on a female classmate. the kiss was quickly named "photo of the day" by the president's twitter feed. illinois state representative derrick smith has avoided the media since his indictment on federal corruption charges. but now there's word midday that smith may be ready to speak publically. the 10th district race has drawn national attention polls show smith with a sizeable lead. despite the fact he was expelled from the illlinois house. julian crews is in the district with the latest. is the first televised a murder trial in illinois. >> it is beginning to wind down in terms of testimony. a total of 18 witnesses have taken the stand. with your old is on trial this week facing murder and attempted murder trialcharges. prosecution is painting jones as a cold blooded killer. we're expecting to see a videotape testimony f
>>president obama may have been upstaged at a campaign stop in florida. this pictures shows him posing with a group of school children on tuesday. but take a closer look behind the president. in the top row one boy decides to make his move on a female classmate. the kiss was quickly named "photo of the day" by the president's twitter feed. illinois state representative derrick smith has avoided the media since his indictment on federal corruption charges. but now there's word...
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he also canceled an event in virginia. >> michelle obama got out of washington a day early and spent the night here in chicago. she will fly to iowa for a couple campaign appearances and then get back to chicago where she will wait out the storm. she has canceled an appearance tomorrow in new hampshire. >> mitt romney cancelled events in virginia and new hampshire and is moving his campaign and land. inland. both campaigners are urging supporters to donate to storm charities. >> hms bounty was in distress about 90 mi. southeast of north carolina. the captain gave the order to abandon ship at a coast and the coast guard helicopter was sent to rescue crew members from lifeboats. two members of the cruel are still missing. this is a photo of the hms bounty known for the mutiny that took place. it was the start of the movie mutiny on the bounty starring marlon brando. >> the victim has been identified as 68 year-olda 68 year-old retired bus driver. his neighbors said he was a great guy who was kind and giving. to see the house this afternoon you would never know there was anything that h
he also canceled an event in virginia. >> michelle obama got out of washington a day early and spent the night here in chicago. she will fly to iowa for a couple campaign appearances and then get back to chicago where she will wait out the storm. she has canceled an appearance tomorrow in new hampshire. >> mitt romney cancelled events in virginia and new hampshire and is moving his campaign and land. inland. both campaigners are urging supporters to donate to storm charities....
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newly released emails show the obama administration knew within hours of the deadly attack that it was linked to terrorists. for weeks, officials said it was a spontaneous protest against an anti-muslim film. now c-n-n reports the white house received emails during the attack that an islamic militant group was claiming responsibility. president obama has since confirmed the attack was planned by militants with suspected links to al qaeda. officials have not commented on the emails. indiana's republican nominee for the u-s senate says pregnancy resulting from rape is god's intent. richard mourdock made the remarks during a debate when he >> is what is wrong with washington today. win at any cost >> the second republican nominee to go on the defensive after controversial remarks. if he produces his college and passport record. basically trying to reignite the board certificate issuedbirth certificate issue. >> she is in court today trying to unseal a gag order in a bitter divorce between staples c l and his first wife. coming up next. he's only served ten of his 20 year sentence. the nep
newly released emails show the obama administration knew within hours of the deadly attack that it was linked to terrorists. for weeks, officials said it was a spontaneous protest against an anti-muslim film. now c-n-n reports the white house received emails during the attack that an islamic militant group was claiming responsibility. president obama has since confirmed the attack was planned by militants with suspected links to al qaeda. officials have not commented on the emails. indiana's...
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obama tried to highlight one of his biggest accomplishments. >>the topic is foreign policy. spoiler alert. we got bin laden. >> world affairs are a challenge for every canada. after my trip in 2008 i was attacked as a celebrity because i was so popular with our allies overseas. i'm impressed at how well governor romney has avoided the problem. >> look at what is happening in syria and egypt. the president said he was going to put a light between us and israel. >> both in its face a challenge. >> he has had some success. he has had some things that are still pretty murky. >> there is a broad challenge. how do you drill down into specific policies? then i figured out what a republican foreign-policy looks like. important to many voters, foreign-policy ranks far below the economy. >> they may mean that governor romney tries to break out of that and bring those issues to domestic. >> this is their last chance to make their waycase millions. the chicago sun times reports questional hirings by secretary of state jesse white and more by cook county assessor joe berrios. a nephew of
obama tried to highlight one of his biggest accomplishments. >>the topic is foreign policy. spoiler alert. we got bin laden. >> world affairs are a challenge for every canada. after my trip in 2008 i was attacked as a celebrity because i was so popular with our allies overseas. i'm impressed at how well governor romney has avoided the problem. >> look at what is happening in syria and egypt. the president said he was going to put a light between us and israel. >> both in...
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obama probably gets the best twitter line. >> the president said you keep calling for two trillion more in spending for the military. the military is not even asking for this monday. >> we do not use guns and hand it anymore. have things called aircraft carriers. >> the advances that are happening these days. gun around the did not have much of a comeback. >> paul lisnek, thanks so much for joining us. as we count down to election day, stay with wgn for continuing coverage of decision 2012 slash elections. for the latest go to wgn tv dot com, and follow us on twitter, hashtag wgn 2012. >>coming up next: why walmart is being sued in a class action lawsuit here in chicago. and later in lunchbreak: recipe tips for tailgating with less mess and less stress! [ horn honks ] [ male announcer ] you start your day... love you, too. ...thinking about what's important to you -- your family... ...the mortgage... the kids' college tuition. [ cellphone ringing ] but life insurance? [ horn honking ] life is unpredictable. that's why at fidelity life we want you to think about term life insurance -- ta
obama probably gets the best twitter line. >> the president said you keep calling for two trillion more in spending for the military. the military is not even asking for this monday. >> we do not use guns and hand it anymore. have things called aircraft carriers. >> the advances that are happening these days. gun around the did not have much of a comeback. >> paul lisnek, thanks so much for joining us. as we count down to election day, stay with wgn for continuing...